"Negotiations are underway with a number of European partners, in particular from Slovakia and Italy, which are objectively the most interested in the fact that this traditional route should not only be preserved but also developed. The Ukrainian-Slovak gas road to Europe, despite everything that is happening now, remains the main one. This is the most reliable and optimal route for gas transportation from Central Asia to the EU countries. Now it is necessary to make a kind of its upgrade to increase the attractiveness of the Ukrainian gas transportation route", Gonchar said.